Frieze of Parnassus, West side; Sculptors, by John Birnie Philip, raking view, Michelangelo seated at center
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Frieze of Parnassus, West side; Sculptors, by John Birnie Philip, raking view, Michelangelo seated at center
Image View
Creator:
George Gilbert Scott I (British architect, 1811-1878); Henry Hugh Armstead (British sculptor, 1828-1905); John Birnie Philip (British sculptor, 1824-1875); John Henry Foley (Irish sculptor, 1818-1874) and others
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George Gilbert Scott I (British architect, 1811-1878); Henry Hugh Armstead (British sculptor, 1828-1905); John Birnie Philip (British sculptor, 1824-1875); John Henry Foley (Irish sculptor, 1818-1874) and others
Creator
Location:
site: London, England, United Kingdom
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
site: London, England, United Kingdom
Location
Location Note:
South Kensington; South Carriage Drive
Work_LocationNotes
South Kensington; South Carriage Drive
Location Note
GPS:
51.5025-0.177778
GPS
51.5025-0.177778
GPS
Date:
1863-1876 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1863-1876 (creation)
Date
Cultural Context:
British
Work_Culture
British
Cultural Context
Style Period:
Gothic Revival; Nineteenth century
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Gothic Revival; Nineteenth century
Style Period
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Work_Worktype1
sculpture (visual work)
Work Type 1
Work Type 2:
monument
Work_Worktype2
monument
Work Type 2
Classification:
architecture
Work_Classification
architecture
Classification
Material:
gilded bronze; marble; enamel and glass mosaic
Work_MaterialDisplay
gilded bronze; marble; enamel and glass mosaic
Material
Technique:
carving (processes); casting (process); construction (assembling); metalworking; mosaic (process); painting and painting techniques
Work_Technique
carving (processes); casting (process); construction (assembling); metalworking; mosaic (process); painting and painting techniques
Technique
Measurements:
176 ft (height)
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176 ft (height)
Measurements
Inscription:
On four sides: Queen Victoria And Her People . To The Memory Of Albert Prince Consort . As A Tribute Of Their Gratitude . For A Life Devoted To The Public Good
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On four sides: Queen Victoria And Her People . To The Memory Of Albert Prince Consort . As A Tribute Of Their Gratitude . For A Life Devoted To The Public Good
Inscription
Subjects:
allegory; decorative arts; human figure; portrait; rulers and leaders; Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861; Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
allegory; decorative arts; human figure; portrait; rulers and leaders; Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861; Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
Subjects
Description:
Commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband, Prince Albert who died of typhoid in 1861. In 1863 Scott's design for the memorial to Prince Albert in Hyde Park, London, was chosen , but not until 1876 was J. H. Foley's gilded statue of the Prince finally set in its great Italian Gothic tabernacle [ciborium, derived from the Scaliger Tombs, Verona], enriched by Scott's favorite craftsmen, including the sculptors Henry Hugh Armstead, John Birnie Philip and J. F. Redfern (1838-1876), the stone-carvers Farmer & Brindley, the ironworker Francis Skidmore and for the mosaics the designer J. R. Clayton (1827-1912) and the maker Antonio Salviati (1816-1890). The central part of the memorial is surrounded by the elaborate sculptural Frieze of Parnassus, which depicts 169 individual composers, architects, poets, painters, and sculptors. Armstead carved the figures on the south and east side, the painters, musicians and poets (80 in total), and grouped them by national schools. John Birnie Philip carved the figures on the west and north side, the sculptors and architects, and arranged them in chronological order. At the corners of the plinth there are two allegorical sculpture programs: four groups depicting Victorian industrial arts and sciences (agriculture, commerce, engineering and manufacturing), and four more groups representing Europe, Asia, Africa and The Americas. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Work_Description_Sou rce
Commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband, Prince Albert who died of typhoid in 1861. In 1863 Scott's design for the memorial to Prince Albert in Hyde Park, London, was chosen , but not until 1876 was J. H. Foley's gilded statue of the Prince finally set in its great Italian Gothic tabernacle [ciborium, derived from the Scaliger Tombs, Verona], enriched by Scott's favorite craftsmen, including the sculptors Henry Hugh Armstead, John Birnie Philip and J. F. Redfern (1838-1876), the stone-carvers Farmer & Brindley, the ironworker Francis Skidmore and for the mosaics the designer J. R. Clayton (1827-1912) and the maker Antonio Salviati (1816-1890). The central part of the memorial is surrounded by the elaborate sculptural Frieze of Parnassus, which depicts 169 individual composers, architects, poets, painters, and sculptors. Armstead carved the figures on the south and east side, the painters, musicians and poets (80 in total), and grouped them by national schools. John Birnie Philip carved the figures on the west and north side, the sculptors and architects, and arranged them in chronological order. At the corners of the plinth there are two allegorical sculpture programs: four groups depicting Victorian industrial arts and sciences (agriculture, commerce, engineering and manufacturing), and four more groups representing Europe, Asia, Africa and The Americas. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
